Shield case, and connector having the same

Abstract

A shield case including a first shell having electrical conductivity and a second shell having electrical conductivity. The first shell includes a connecting portion and a cover. The connecting portion is a tube extending in a first direction and including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is a portion of the connecting portion on one side in a second direction, the second direction crossing the first direction. The second portion is a portion of the connecting portion on the other side in the second direction. The cover extends in the first direction contiguously from the first portion of the connecting portion and includes a pair of walls opposed to the second portion, with interstices left between the respective walls and the second portion. The second shell includes a first blocking portion, the first blocking portion blocking the interstices.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A shield case comprising:
 a first shell having electrical conductivity; and 
 a second shell having electrical conductivity, wherein 
 the first shell includes a connecting portion and a cover, 
 the connecting portion is a tube extending in a first direction and including:
 a first portion being a portion of the connecting portion on one side in a second direction, the second direction crossing the first direction, and 
 a second portion being a portion of the connecting portion on the other side in the second direction, 
 
 the cover extends in the first direction contiguously from the first portion of the connecting portion and includes a pair of walls opposed to the second portion, with interstices left between the respective walls and the second portion, and 
 the second shell includes a first blocking portion, the first blocking portion blocking the interstices, 
 the second portion of the connecting portion includes an opposing face opposed to the walls of the cover with the interstices therebetween, 
 the walls of the cover include opposing faces opposed to the second portion of the connecting portion with the interstices therebetween, and 
 the first blocking portion fits between the second portion and the walls such as to abut on the opposing face of the second portion and the opposing faces of the walls. 
 
     
     
       2. The shield case according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the cover further includes a roof extending in the first direction contiguously from the first portion of the connecting portion, 
 the roof includes first and second end portions in a third direction, the third direction crossing the first and second direction, the first and second end portions each having an abutting face located on one side in the second direction of each interstice, 
 the walls of the cover respectively extend from the first and second end portions of the roof to the other side in the second direction, and 
 the first blocking portion fits between the second portion and the walls such as to abut on the opposing face of the second portion, the opposing faces of the walls, and the abutting faces of the roof. 
 
     
     
       3. The shield case according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the first blocking portion is located on one side in the first direction of a space between the walls such as to block the space, and 
 the second shell further includes a second blocking portion, the second blocking portion is located on the other side in the first direction of the space between the walls such as to block the space. 
 
     
     
       4. The shield case according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the cover of the first shell has an engaging hole, and 
 the second blocking portion includes an engaging piece to be engaged with the engaging hole from the other side in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       5. The shield case according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first blocking portion is located on one side in the first direction of a space between the walls such as to block the space, and 
 the second shell further includes a second blocking portion, the second blocking portion is located on the other side in the first direction of the space between the walls such as to block the space. 
 
     
     
       6. The shield case according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the cover of the first shell has an engaging hole, and 
 the second blocking portion includes an engaging piece to be engaged with the engaging hole from the other side in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       7. The shield case according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the second blocking portion further includes a main body, the main body blocking the engaging hole of the first shell from the other side in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       8. A shield case comprising:
 a first shell having electrical conductivity; and 
 a second shell having electrical conductivity, wherein 
 the first shell includes a connecting portion and a cover, 
 the connecting portion is a tube extending in a first direction and including:
 a first portion being a portion of the connecting portion on one side in a second direction, the second direction crossing the first direction, and 
 a second portion being a portion of the connecting portion on the other side in the second direction, 
 
 the cover extends in the first direction contiguously from the first portion of the connecting portion and includes a pair of walls opposed to the second portion, with interstices left between the respective walls and the second portion, and 
 the second shell includes a first blocking portion, the first blocking portion blocking the interstices, 
 the first blocking portion is located on one side in the first direction of a space between the walls such as to block the space, and 
 the second shell further includes a second blocking portion, the second blocking portion is located on the other side in the first direction of the space between the walls such as to block the space. 
 
     
     
       9. The shield case according to  claim 8 , wherein
 the cover of the first shell has an engaging hole, and 
 the second blocking portion includes an engaging piece to be engaged with the engaging hole from the other side in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       10. The shield case according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the second blocking portion further includes a main body, the main body blocking the engaging hole of the first shell from the other side in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       11. A connector comprising:
 the shield case according to  claim 10 ; 
 a body having an insulating property and being housed in the shield case; 
 a terminal generally of L-shape, the terminal being held by the body; and 
 a case having an insulating property, the case housing the shield case and having an engaging hole in communication with the engaging hole of the first shell, wherein 
 the engaging piece of the second blocking portion is engaged with the engaging hole of the first shell and the engaging hole of the case. 
 
     
     
       12. A connector comprising:
 the shield case according to  claim 9 ; 
 a body having an insulating property and being housed in the shield case; 
 a terminal generally of L-shape, the terminal being held by the body; and 
 a case having an insulating property, the case housing the shield case and having an engaging hole in communication with the engaging hole of the first shell, wherein 
 the engaging piece of the second blocking portion is engaged with the engaging hole of the first shell and the engaging hole of the case. 
 
     
     
       13. The shield case according to  claim 8 , wherein
 the second shell further includes a pair of walls, and 
 the walls of the second shell each couple the first blocking portion and the second blocking portion, are disposed inside or outside the walls of the cover, and are in surface contact with the respective walls of the cover. 
 
     
     
       14. A connector comprising:
 the shield case according to  claim 8 ; 
 a body having an insulating property and being housed in the shield case; and 
 a terminal generally of L-shape, the terminal being held by the body and including: 
 a first portion extending in the first direction such as to be disposed in the connecting portion of the first shell of the shield case; and 
 a second portion extending to the other side in the second direction, the second portion of the terminal being disposed between the walls of the first shell and between the first and second blocking portions of the second shell. 
 
     
     
       15. A shield case comprising:
 a first shell having electrical conductivity; and 
 a second shell having electrical conductivity, wherein 
 the first shell includes a connecting portion and a cover, 
 the connecting portion is a tube extending in a first direction and including:
 a first portion being a portion of the connecting portion on one side in a second direction, the second direction crossing the first direction, and 
 a second portion being a portion of the connecting portion on the other side in the second direction, 
 
 the cover extends in the first direction contiguously from the first portion of the connecting portion and includes a pair of walls opposed to each other in a third direction and opposed to the second portion in the first direction, with interstices left between the respective walls and the second portion, the third direction crossing the first and second directions, and 
 the second shell includes a first blocking portion, the first blocking portion blocking the interstices in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       16. The shield case according to  claim 15 , wherein
 the second portion of the connecting portion has an outer face, the walls of the cover have opposing faces opposed to the second portion of the connecting portion with the interstices left therebetween, and the first blocking portion abuts on the outer face of the second portion and the opposing faces of the walls such as to block the interstices. 
 
     
     
       17. The shield case according to  claim 16 , wherein
 the first blocking portion is located on one side in the first direction of a space between the walls such as to block the space, and 
 the second shell further includes a second blocking portion, the second blocking portion is located on the other side in the first direction of the space between the walls such as to block the space. 
 
     
     
       18. The shield case according to  claim 17 , wherein
 the cover of the first shell has an engaging hole, and 
 the second blocking portion includes an engaging piece to be engaged with the engaging hole from the other side in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       19. A connector comprising:
 the shield case according to  claim 15 ; 
 a body having an insulating property and being housed in the shield case; and 
 a terminal generally of L-shape held by the body and housed in the shield case. 
 
     
     
       20. The connector according to  claim 19 , wherein
 the first blocking portion of the second shell is fixed to the body. 
 
     
     
       21. The shield case according to  claim 15 , wherein
 the first blocking portion is disposed between the second portion and the walls.